duairc
Irish
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editEtymology
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Adjective
editduairc (genitive singular masculine duairc, genitive singular feminine duairce, plural duairce, comparative duairce)
Declension
editDeclension of duairc
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | duairc | dhuairc | duairce; dhuairce² | |
Vocative | dhuairc | duairce | ||
Genitive | duairce | duairce | duairc | |
Dative | duairc; dhuairc¹ |
dhuairc | duairce; dhuairce² | |
Comparative | níos duairce | |||
Superlative | is duairce |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duairc | dhuairc | nduairc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duairc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duairc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “duairc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024